Atlantic City Rail Terminal
NJ Transit rail station
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The Atlantic City Rail Terminal is a train station in Atlantic City, New Jersey, located inside of the Atlantic City Convention Center.[5] It has five tracks served by three platforms, and functions as the easternmost terminus of the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line to and from Philadelphia. The terminal was designed by TAT/SSVK, Architects and dedicated on May 22, 1989.[6]
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New Jersey Transit train waits on Track 3 of the Atlantic City Rail Terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Atlantic City Expressway Atlantic City, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.3635°N 74.442°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NJ Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms, 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Atlantic City Jitney Association: 4 (Orange), 1, 2, 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: ACY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IATA code | ZRA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 23, 1989 (Amtrak)[1] September 17, 1989 (NJ Transit)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 498 (average weekday) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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From 1989 to 1995, the station served as the terminus of Amtrak's Atlantic City Express. The line was also marketed as the "Gambler's Express"; in this period, Atlantic City was practically the only location that people could legally gamble at on the East Coast of the United States. [7] Later, the station was served by the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) from New York City to Atlantic City. The ACES service was operational from 2009 to March 9, 2012.[8]
Atlantic City was once served by the old Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) Atlantic City station (originally Atlantic City Union Station), which had become Atlantic City Municipal Bus Terminal, demolished in 1997.[9] Between 1965 and 1981 a single-story, two-track station on the present site served PRSL trains until service ended in 1981.
Connecting service
- At the station/convention center: Atlantic City Jitney casino shuttles and route 4
- Two blocks south at the Atlantic City Bus Terminal: 319 to New York City and all Atlantic County local and long-distance routes.
